Love, Aubrey x

So, my second review :)
This time I am going to be reviewing one of my absolute FAVOURITE books of all time!! Love, Aubrey. :D
I love this book for sooo many reasons.. which is a bit wierd because it isn't really my typical choice of book at all. It is pretty emotional, and quite sad! :O

The main character in the book is 11 year old Aubrey [clues in the name], and as a bit of background info, her, her Dad, her Mum, and her younger sister Savannah have all recently been involved in a car crash, in which only Aubrey and her Mum survived. - you see whay I mean by sad? :(

Anyway, the book is about how Aubrey's struggle to patch her life back together again, with the help of her Grandmother, and her bestfriend Bridget.
The characters are really realistic, as in, you can really believe them. The emotions that are portrayed in the book are believable, and you can't help but empathise with Aubrey. There are certain bits in the book that are REALLY sad, and at one part of the book I actually cried. I'm not kidding, the book is moving.
Bridget befriends Aubrey right at the beginning, as soon as Aubrey arrives from Virginia at her Grandmother's house in Vermont. Bridget is the stability in Aubrey's life, and holds her up when Aubrey breaks down.
I think my favourite character would actually be Mabel, Bridget's little sister. She hasn't got a big part in the book as such, but she is deffinately important. She is only 4, and is unaware of Aubrey's troubled background. However she is deffinately Aubrey's sunshine, and her innocence is often what Aubrey needs to get out of a sad mood. Aubrey sees her as like Savannah, and this draws her to Mabel. Aubrey can't help but notice the similarities between Savannah and Mabel. When Bridget gets frustrated with Mabel, or tells her to go away, Aubrey has endless patience for Mabel, and I think Aubrey uses Mabel to partially fill in the gap that Savannah has left behind.
Aubrey often writes to 'Jilly'. Jilly was Savannah's imaginary friend, and whilst Savannah had been alive, Aubrey had had no time to play with Jilly. She has scorned Savannah for her childishness for having an imaginary friend. After Savannah had died however, Aubrey found herself talking to Jilly, and writing her letters. I think this shows just how much Aubrey was hurting inside over the loss of her sister, and how she clinged to anything that reminded her of her.

The language in the book is fairly easy to read and understand, but you can read it whatever level reader you are.

The book is overall very emotional, and it especially explores the emotions of grief and abandonment [cheery]. The book goes on to explore the emotions Aubrey feels when she starts to let go, when she decides to move on.

As I said before, Love Aubrey is really not my typical choice of book. In fact, I only read it because it had been shortlisted for the Carnigie! I am really glad I got the chance to read it though, as I really, really enjoyed it.

I thouroughly reccomend this book to anyone who wants a change in the genre of book they usually read, just as a breath of fresh air. Maybe this would appeal to girls rather than guys though..? I'm not really sure...

Anyway, I give this book...........................................................................................................

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 out of 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love, Ruthie B xx